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Blushing, I sat straighter trying to make a conversation with Zee, who sat beside Aariz in the front.
I patted on Zee's shoulder,
“Where are we going?”
“To a far away land...”
I again saw Aariz's smouldering gaze lingered on me.
Zee drawled on,
“Where nothing but love exists.”
“Really?” Umber became excited beside me.
“No.” Zee made a gagging face,
“There will be seashore and probably nothing to eat. It should be fun.”
He chuckled sharing a high five with a smirking Aariz.
“So we are going to a beach.” Umber yawned.
“Correction. We are going to a beach house, some fifty kilometres away.” Zee stated.
“To whom does this place belong?” This came from Ibbi, while, I just stared at the mirror, catching Aariz sneaking peek on me.
“I have no idea.” Zee shrugged carelessly.
Umber gasped and Aariz finally spoke, “But you know the address, right?”
Zee nodded.
“Perfect, then. Guide me.” Aariz grinned easily.
Ibbi, Umber, and I exchanged open mouth shocked looks.
Yeah, they can have their Man signals and daring understandings. But it was beyond us. For all we know, these two might get us drowned into the Arabian Sea!
“Zee!” I punched his arm to include me in his secret.
Aariz chuckled but I did not stop frowning.
Zee was mine. Aariz came later in his life. Hmph!
“Sani, I really don't know whose it is. But I remember it belongs to some friend or colleague of Dad's.” Zee explained turning around to face me.
“So we'll go there and...” Ibbi left his sentence hanging and gave Zee a bewildered look.
“Say we belong to his Dad.” Umber scoffed.
Zee gave her an equally sneering look back saying,
“Yeah exactly. There is some caretaker. They take in strays. No problemo!”
Umber
glared at him poisonously.
